Maps and News: Jorge Chavez International Airport

Explore Lima, Peru through detailed Google satellite imagery.

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Maps and News: Jorge Chavez International Airport

Killke Culture: Pre-Inca remains represent 40% of Machu Picchu

Killke Culture, Pre-Inca remains represent 40 percent of Machu Picchu Archaeological Park (Cusco), which hosts the well-known Inca citadel. The Killke culture, which developed between 1,000 and 1,400 A.C, belonged to the regional states of Cusco, presumably conquered by the Incas.

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Killke Culture in Machu Picchu

Killke Pottery, Interactive Mind Map

Killke and Killke-Related Pottery from Cuzco, Peru, in the Field Museum of Natural History by Brian S. Bauer and Charles Stanish.

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Killke Pottery, Interactive Mind Map

The Quipu Database Project, Interactive Mind Map

Quipus or khipus were recording devices used in the Inca Empire and its predecessor societies in the Andean region. Khipu is the word for "knot" in Cusco Quechua, the native Inca language.

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The Quipu Database Project

Inti Raymi (Festival of the Sun)

The Inti Raymi ("Festival of the Sun") was a religious ceremony of the Inca Empire in honor of the god Inti.
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The Inti Raymi

Huaca Rajada-Sipan: New secrets revealed at ancient site

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Huaca Rajada-Sipan

The Quipus Index

The Quipu was a system of knotted cords used by the Incas and its predecessor societies in the Andean region to store massive amounts of information important to their culture and civilization.

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The Quipus Index